CHARTS OF THE WEEK: Android Blows Past iPhone -- Even If You Include iPod Touchhttp://www.businessinsider.com/charts-of-the-week-android-blows-past-iphone-even-if-you-include-ipod-touch-2011-4/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 20:32:27 -0500Dylan Lovehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4da24aea49e2aeec1b2a0000gSun, 10 Apr 2011 20:27:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4da24aea49e2aeec1b2a0000
If you want to show market shares, please show other devices as well. If with ipod touch, android+ios = 53.5%, that means you are missing half of the story and if the numbers are estimates, you should show the margin of error. It would also be useful to know the actual numbers on top of the percentages.
Many things you could do to make the numbers more meaningful. I am sure the readers will appreciate a detailed analysis of the market share changes. Even though it doesn't include app purchase data or other user related information, market share will show a general trend. After you get the big picture, you can then dive into other market segment specific statistics.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4da23766cadcbbe47c040000ToadySun, 10 Apr 2011 19:04:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4da23766cadcbbe47c040000
Color me very unimpressed.
Looking at the entire platform market is like looking at overall Nielsen numbers for TV to determine where to advertise. If you look at sophisticated advertisers, they target certain segments, because, uh, they happen to buy more (like, say, the 18-34 male demographic). All viewers are not the same, like all phone buyers are not the same.
And you wonder why iOS still draws the developers. Because people buying iOS devices tend to actually buy apps.
Add some value here. This chart doesn't give any information that should guide any decisions.